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when it comes to Tablas you've got three main options you got your iPad you've got your Android tablets and then there's the HP TouchPad BlackBerry PlayBook Windows 8 and it is not easy being the third horse in the tablet race but I think Microsoft has what it takes in fact there's already a healthy selection of great Windows 8 tablets out there and to help you figure out which one is right for you I've got seen its top picks rounded up by senior editors Dan Ackerman and Scott Stein starting off at number 5 the razor edge Pro this is the first tablet designed for gaming and it also happens to be a great all-around Windows 8 machine built in Nvidia graphics 256 gigabytes of storage USB 3.0 and one very cool game controller accessory but for all of its power and glory it's the most expensive tablet on this list at around $1500 and for the core i7 version which is the only one that's really worth your time now it stuck on that $249 game pad and extra battery pack and you're nearly out to grand ouch at number four the Samsung ativ smart PC pro 700 T right around eleven hundred dollars you get an 11.6 inch Windows 8 tablet with 128 gigs of storage Intel Core i5 and a solid little keyboard dock that comes included also a typical samsung style you get their s-pen and a little place to store it on the back sure it's kind of chunky and the battery life isn't anywhere close to what an iPad or Android tablet could give you but it's a real PC for something a little more stylish check out number three the HP Envy x2 sells for eight hundred dollars so we're seeing it for $700 in some places then clean lightweight design included keyboard dock just like the samsung only this one comes with an extended battery pack built in giving you a total of 11 hours of battery life so what's the catch well the processor isn't Adam it's a far cry from that Intel Core i7 on the razor edge but you're still getting a full windows 8 experience just you know be paid but to save even more money go with number two the Lenovo ThinkPad tablet to now fall you really want is a straight up Windows 8 tablet this guy gets you there for six hundred and forty bucks we're still looking at an atom processor so keep those performance expectations low and should you decide to upgrade this thing with the keyboard dock you're out 120 dollars and it doesn't even come with a trackpad instead you're left with one of those old-school think pad nubs staring at you like some kind of raw robot nipple and so that leaves us with our number one Windows 8 tablet pick the Microsoft Surface pro now here's a company that doesn't typically make their own hardware but when they do it's beautiful thousand dollars gets you a full Windows 8 machine with the third gen Intel Core i5 processor a thin compact design and a pen that magnetically attaches to the sides expect that you'll want to spend that extra $130 for the keyboard cover which we love and that keyboard cover includes a trackpad so those are the best Windows 8 tablets out on the market you can check out Dan and Scott's full list over on cnn.com as well as a ranked list of the best Android tablets and the best tablets on a budget I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching